how long do you guys let the car warm up for before driving? summer and winter. summer if it's hot doesnt seem like much / anything would be needed...winter i'm unsure about.

i've only ever owned a cobra and a legacy, neither of which were turbo's..

 

i dont warm up... get in the car, and merge on to i5 within 20seconds. pulls like a champ

 

^ I hope you're joking, Derek

I usually let mine warm for about 5-10 mins in the morning.

 

Nice Jared. I must have missed those when you were building them.

Mikey

 

im not joking lol... im not sitting on my cold leather for 5 mins, it takes 5 mins to get to work

 

i just drive mine like a granma to let it "warm up" or "cool down" from cold start or after driving.

some guys have autostart or turbo timer functions installed. i dont :P

 

hmm i usally start mine up let it sit for 2-5 mins, than take off.
No ill effects what so ever. and my temps are prolly a tad colder on this side of the mountains.

 

depends on how cold is "cold". If it really cold, then I wait at least until the needle gets above the "C". Regardless of temp outside, no boosting until temp is at normal levels.

Even if you do wait until your engine it at full temperature before leaving, remember that your tranny and other drivetrain components are not warmed up, so take it easy... or not, it's your car break it if you want :P

My car is cranky and hard to drive if I don't let her warm up...

 

It's been 3 years now, and I only built the set for my car - so they are one of a kind

 

Wow... Just wow.

It is completely unnecessary to let a car warm up for more than 30 seconds to a minute if you're just driving normal.

If you plan to hit boost at all, just know that your dummy gauge is incorrect. You don't want to be pushing the car until it is at operating temp, which is 180 degrees. The dummy gauge shows fully warmed up when the coolant is ~150 degrees just FYI.

Recap:
Warming up for more than 30 seconds to just drive = waste of gas.

Don't boost until at op. Temp, or 180.

Dummy gauge shows op temp when the car is actually not.

If you're using oil temp and not coolant, coolant is at 180 when your oil is around 135.

 

Lol @ andrew. I always see you outside warming up your car before work

How are the clutch jobs going?

 

I let the car idle for about 30sec until the idle kicks down a bit. Anymore than that is useless and has been shown for quite some time. I don't boost it hard until my oil temps come up to about 160 though, or atleast until the dummy gauge is at full temp.

 

I let mine warm up until it's at 120 degrees or more. In F1 they say you should never take your car over 2200rpm's until you reach 120 degrees, so thats why I do it. Don't laugh at me people!

 

buahahaha installed my rally armor mud flaps out on the street in the middle of it snowing and had just enough time to go out and test em out

 

Heading down to BB McGraw's in Auburn for Beer Pong with Keenan if any of the south end people wanna meet up with us?